PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY FOR CALIFORNIA ARCHAEOLOGY


“The Eastridge Site, CA-SCl-327”

Robert R. Cartier

Abstract


The paper presents data from archeological excavations at the Eastridge site, CA-SCl-327, in the City of San Jose. The site is located on the lower Santa Clara Valley floor near the confluence of Thompson and Silver Creeks and close to the interchange of Highways 101 and 680. Studies of the site's chronology indicate that the midden deposit ranges, circa 2400 B.P. to 890 B.P. Artifacts and features unearthed at the site correlate with the radiometric dating. Of particular interest in the assemblage are diagnostic classes of cut Olivella shell beads and inhumations. Correlations are seen between these data and data from other assemblages of this time period in central California.

 

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